Tractor-trailer crashes into Ridgefield apartment building, knocking out power, prompting evacuation

Ridgefield, NJ truck crash causes chain reaction, downing power poles, evacuating building

A chain reaction crash involving a tractor-trailer startled residents and led to a building being evacuated in Ridgefield early Friday morning. Officials began receiving calls around 2:50 a.m. about a truck crash at Broad and Maple after neighbors heard a loud noise that some described like thunder. When first responders arrived they saw a tractor-trailer, a van and a sedan...

Tractor-trailer crashes into Ridgefield apartment building, knocking out power, prompting evacuation

The truck struck a car and then careened into the building on Broad Avenue at around 2:50 a.m. The building, which houses about 50 apartments, was evacuated.

NEW JERSEY – A huge cargo truck crashed on Friday morning against an electric power line in New Jersey. The impact of the truck, from the DHL company, occurred about 10 minutes before 3:00 a.m. on Broad Street, between Linden and Maple intersection, in the Ridgefield neighborhood. Hours after what happened were still trying to remove the vehicle. Firefighters managed to rescue a person who was trapped and a fireman who suffered a medical emergen…